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ey everyone!!<br><br>Somedays I am so depressed,

others, I actually think I can hang in there.....support

groups like these are the reason I hang in

there....<br><br>Hubby is 38 yr.s old, we've been married 11 yrs in

Nov...but have been together 17 yrs.....he possibly

contracted virus before we met, dunno, but had a bout with

jaundice in '85, dx'd with non a non b.....about a yr and

half ago he was working in south texas and got really

really sick with what we thought was stomach virus, went

to a doctor that his boss got him in to see(bless

that boss) he was really sick!! couldn't hold anything

in (both ends) doc ran some preliminary test, sent

us to hemotologist, then we went to internist, then

to gastroenterologist, then referred to

hepatologist, biopsy showed mild-moderate cirrohsis w/lots of

other stuff, don't know genotype though.....his

platelets were pretty low 55 at time he started on

interferon (have gotten as low as 27, they are about 47 now,

his liver enzymes are hovering in normal range)...Feb

98...he had to quit drinking before the doc would try him

on the interferon,...I dunno, he is responding so

far, but have other friends on it who have developed

autoimmune hep..not good. His Doc is Louis Balart, one of

the top in this area....we travel 3 hours to see him

once a month....run blood work here in our city and

always get copies of every test or report (need it when

you apply for ssd benefits)<br>...he is on temp

disability...<br><br>I on the other hand test positive to Hep c , am

waiting still, on my results from last riba test, one

before this says I am indeterminate, they can only

locate one band, which probably means that the viral

load in my system isn't that high.....most of my

symptoms are pain in upper right quadrant of abdomen and

fatigue and